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We consider the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation with a harmonic potential in the presence of two combined energy-subcritical power nonlinearities. We assume that the larger power is defocusing, and the smaller power is focusing. Such a…
We study standing waves for a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on a star graph {$\mathcal{G}$} i.e. $N$ half-lines joined at a vertex. At the vertex an interaction occurs described by a boundary condition of delta type with strength…
We study the existence of standing waves, of prescribed $L^2$-norm (the mass), for the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with mixed power nonlinearities $$ i \partial_t \phi + \Delta \phi + \mu \phi |\phi|^{q-2} + \phi |\phi|^{2^* - 2} =…
It is is explained why physical consistency requires substituting linear observables by nonlinear ones for quantum systems with nonlinear time evolution of pure states. The exact meaning and the concrete physical interpretation are…
A derivative nonlinear Schrodinger model is shown to support localized N-body bound states for several ranges (called bands) of the coupling constant eta. The ranges of eta within each band can be completely determined using number…
We investigate the following inhomogeneous nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the radial regime, featuring a focusing energy-critical nonlinearity and a defocusing perturbation: $$ i\partial_t u +\Delta u =|x|^{-a} |u|^{p-2} u - |x|^{-b}…
We consider a semi-classical nonlinear Schrodinger equation. For initial data causing focusing at one point in the linear case, we study a nonlinearity which is super-critical in terms of asymptotic effects near the caustic. We prove the…
We provide a non-uniqueness result for normalized ground states of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with pure power nonlinearity on polygons with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions, defined as global minimizers of the associated…
We consider the existence of stationary wave solutions with prescribed mass to a supercritical nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation on a noncompact connected metric graph without a small mass assumption.
We revisit the time-adiabatic theorem of quantum mechanics and show that it can be extended to weakly nonlinear situations, that is to nonlinear Schroedinger equations in which either the nonlinear coupling constant or, equivalently, the…
The virial theorem is a nice property for the linear Schrodinger equation in atomic and molecular physics as it gives an elegant ratio between the kinetic and potential energies and is useful in assessing the quality of numerically computed…
Consider the focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a potential with a single negative eigenvalue. It has solitons with negative small energy, which are asymptotically stable, and solitons with positive large energy, which are…
A nonlinear extension of Schr\"odinger's wave equation is proposed that ensures non-signaling by keeping linear the evolution of \textit{coordinate-diagonal} elements of the density matrix. The equation contains a negative kinetic energy…
We consider a class of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in two space dimensions with an attractive potential. The nonlinearity is local but rather general encompassing for the first time both subcritical and supercritical (in $L^2$)…
We study existence and properties of ground states for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with combined power nonlinearities \[ -\Delta u= \lambda u + \mu |u|^{q-2} u + |u|^{p-2} u \qquad \text{in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N \ge 1$,} \] having…
We describe the boundary conditions at the vertex that one must choose to obtain a dynamical system that best describes the low-energy part of the evolution of a quantum system confined to a very small neighbourhood of a star-shaped metric…
This paper concerns the normalized ground states for the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation in the Bopp-Podolsky electrodynamics. This equation has a nonlocal nonlinearity and a mass supercritical power nonlinearity, both of which have deep…
We study the existence of nonnegative solutions (and ground states) to the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with radial potentials and super-linear or sub-linear nonlinearities. The potentials satisfy power type…
In this work, we study the dimensional reduction of stationary states in the shrinking limit for a broad class of two-dimensional domains, called open books, to their counterparts on metric graphs. An open book is a two-dimensional…
The present work revisits the reduction of the nonlinear dynamics of an electromechanical system through a quasi-steady state hypothesis, discussing the fundamental aspects of this type of approach and clarifying some confusing points found…